Chapter 115: "Take your time, I trust you."

Chapter 115: "Take your time, I trust you."

"Why?"

At that moment, on a mountain peak in the back of the Heavenward Sect, the Sect Master sat on Zhao Yishi's shoulder, gazing at the "Heavenly Dao Evil Slayer Rankings" and muttered in a dazed manner, looking at Chen Qiu's name at the top with a staggering lead.

"Why is such a Heaven's Pride not from our Heavenward Sect?"

"How did he end up in the Mock Heaven Sect, just a hair's breadth away?"

He had just returned from Fat Province and was mobilizing the sect to prepare a play for Zhao Yishi when the Celestial Mandate Scroll announcing the Evil Tribe invasion arrived.

Although he didn't know how Chen Qiu had managed to slaughter so many evil tribesmen, the terrifying gap in their numbers made him believe that Chen Qiu must have descended like a divine demon. He regretted bringing Zhao Yishi back to Fat Province, thinking that if Zhao Yishi had witnessed this scene, it would have ignited the admiration in Zhao Yishi's heart.

This would have stirred up a strong desire to fight.

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"Heavenly Dao Evil Slayer Rankings"

"Top Rank": Chen Qiu, Kill Count: 140,319.

"Second Rank": Yan Yuanzhen, Kill Count: 392.

"Third Rank": Gong Bochu, Kill Count: 341.

"Fourth Rank": -

The gap was so exaggerated that out of the 1,000 people on the rankings, the combined kill count of the 999 people from the second to the 1,000th rank couldn't match Chen Qiu's kill count alone.

Furthermore, the kill counts of the others had stopped increasing.

Only Chen Qiu's kill count continued to soar.

".

Zhao Yishi, standing inside the mountain, also looked at Chen Qiu's terrifying kill count on the "Heavenly Dao Evil Slayer Rankings," and felt even more convinced that his decision to admit defeat when he was with Chen Qiu in the Celestial Path Secret Realm was the right choice.

Such a person was truly a peerless genius.

The Heavenward Sect Master looked at Zhao Yishi, whose expression remained calm, and couldn't help but feel frustrated, saying, "Don't you feel even a hint of jealousy or admiration?"

"People need to have some negative emotions, right?"

"A fellow cultivator who was once with you in the Celestial Path Secret Realm has now become a generation's pride and obtained the Alchemy Cultivator inheritance. Don't you feel the slightest bit envious?"

"No."

Zhao Yishi shook his head vigorously, almost knocking the Sect Master off his shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "There must be red flowers and green leaves. Some are meant to shine, while others are meant to support."

"Those who are meant to be red flowers should focus on being the best they can be."

"Those who are meant to be green leaves should embrace their supporting role."

"Only when a green leaf tries to be a red flower will it suffer."

"I think my current life is pretty good."

"If I had to complain about something, I'd say I want a woman."

".

After a long silence, the Heavenward Sect Master said softly, "Go to your mother."

"What?"

"I said, go! To! Your! Mother!"

"You've been expelled from the sect!"

"Get out of my sight!"

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At this moment, in the originally empty underground cavern, a thick, bloody stench filled the air.

The Evil Tribe Nascent Soul stood atop a high place, overlooking the white light circle below, which was surrounded by scattered flesh, and remained silent. At this moment, the area around the hundred-zhang light circle was piled high with flesh, like a small mountain.

There wasn't a single intact corpse, only scattered flesh.

Up until now, they had only brought out one Malevolent Wood, and no other Malevolent Wood had appeared.

The usually ferocious Evil Tribe warriors were now trembling in fear at a distance, refusing to step into the white light circle again. The teleportation formation they had built at great cost seemed like the entrance to the Netherworld.

One went in, one died.

Ten went in, ten died.

It was clear that someone was blocking the exit of the teleportation formation. But where had the Golden Core Peak Evil Tribe warriors he sent in gone? Had they all died? When the other three groups retreated, their Golden Core Peak Evil Tribe warriors hadn't come out either, which puzzled him.

However, the Malevolent Wood had clouded his mind, and he didn't pay attention to this matter.

Until now,

A hint of horror flashed in the Nascent Soul's eyes. Had a Nascent Soul been born over there? Otherwise, why had all thirty-six of his Golden Core Peak Evil Tribe warriors disappeared without a trace?

"Hmm? No one left?"

Fat Dragon, holding a bloodstained longsword, stood at the outer edge of the white light circle, sticking his head out and licking his lips with a hint of reluctance.

After the Evil Tribe invasion ended, those who made it onto the rankings would receive different rewards based on their ranks.

At this moment, the advantage had completely shifted to their side.

So, Brother Qiu sent some severely injured evil tribesmen to them, allowing them to also make it onto the rankings. At this point, he was already in third place, while Scholarly Flying was in second place. That damn guy killed faster than him.

As for Scholarly Flying's younger brother, he didn't make it onto the rankings.

Scholarly Flying's younger brother hadn't taken action.

Standing in mid-air, Chen Qiu had thousands of Lightning Dragons swirling around him, and he also looked at the white light circle below with a puzzled expression. There was no one left, and he still hadn't had his fill of killing. It had been a long time since he had felt so exhilarated.

The feeling of mowing down enemies was truly satisfying.

It was just a pity.

There were too few of them.

And at that moment—

The white vortex beneath his feet suddenly began to dim, and at the same time, the nine Golden Core Peak Evil Tribe warriors standing motionless at the edge of the Endless Ice Plain seemed to be summoned, transforming into nine streams of light and instantly plunging into the white vortex.

At that moment, twenty-seven streaks of light shot towards the white vortex and instantly vanished within. The white vortex then slowly closed, but just before it sealed, a massive amount of Evil Tribe corpses and shredded flesh were hurled out like garbage.

After the white light circle disappeared, only a mountain of shredded flesh and limbs remained piled on the Endless Ice Plain. The howling cold wind quickly froze the flowing blood, forming a solid mass.

In just a few dozen breaths, the pile of flesh and limbs had frozen into a snow-covered mountain, standing out starkly on the ice plain.

"Heavenly Mandate Scroll: The Evil Tribe invasion has ended, and Great Xia has emerged victorious.

Human cultivator Chen Qiu single-handedly slaughtered over a hundred thousand Evil Tribe members, protecting the people of Fat Province.

His benevolence and strength have earned the admiration of the masses, who are encouraged to follow his example."

As these words echoed in the ears of every Great Xia cultivator, the Evil Tribe invasion officially came to a close.

It is worth mentioning that when the Evil Tribe invaded and the Golden Core cultivators were unable to intervene, many sects from the depths of Great Xia brought their Foundation Establishment disciples to the nearest regions to prepare for battle. They aimed to protect the people and gain combat experience for their disciples, as well as receive rewards.

However, before they could arrive, the invasion had already ended.

It didn't even last an hour.

It was incredibly fast.

At that moment, on the Endless Ice Plain, next to the mountain of shredded Evil Tribe bodies and limbs, Chen Qiu landed on the ground. He heard a voice that only he could perceive, informing him that the top-ranked reward had been delivered to his storage ring, enclosed in a small box similar to the one used for the Heavenly Will Blessing.

Just as he was about to open the box to see the reward, he caught a glimpse of a struggling Evil Tribe member flying towards them on a sword.

"Hmm, a survivor?" Chen Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly. The Evil Tribe member appeared injured, and his unsteady flight path led him to the side of the ice mountain without even glancing at Chen Qiu and his companions. Upon realizing that the hundred-zhang light circle was gone, terror filled his eyes, and he screamed shrilly.

In an instant, he rushed to the original location of the light circle and frantically dug into the ground with his flying sword, as if questioning why the light circle had disappeared.

Midway through his digging, he seemed to hear something, and his face turned red as he unleashed a burst of spirit energy, transforming into a streak of light that shot deeper into the Endless Ice Plain.

However, he soon fell to the ground, screaming in agony, and eventually turned into ashes under the watchful eyes of Chen Qiu and the others.

"What...?" Fat Dragon stood dumbfounded, looking around in confusion. "Did someone attack him? Why did he suddenly turn into a pile of ashes?"

Chen Qiu strode towards the ashes and noticed a storage ring hidden within. It likely belonged to the Evil Tribe member, and he picked it up, examining it curiously.

The storage ring appeared to be made of similar material to their own, but with additional intricate and eerie patterns.

He tentatively probed it with his consciousness and discovered a restriction.

This was the first Evil Tribe storage ring he had obtained. He had wanted to collect more, but for some reason, whenever an Evil Tribe member died, their storage ring would shatter, even if he tried to spare them.

"Brother Qiu," Fat Dragon, who had been following behind, expressed his thoughts. "I think I know what happened. This guy was probably a deserter who tried to return home but found the teleportation formation gone."

"He couldn't go home."

"As for why he suddenly turned into ashes, I have no idea."

". . ."

Chen Qiu remained silent, narrowing his eyes and gazing in the direction from which the Evil Tribe member had come. That direction led deeper into the Endless Ice Plain, and their target was clear—the Malevolent Wood.

If they were after the Malevolent Wood, they should have headed towards Fat Province. There was no Malevolent Wood deep within the Endless Ice Plain.

In fact, almost all the Evil Tribe members had headed in that direction.

But this particular Evil Tribe member had just returned from the depths of the Endless Ice Plain. What could be there?

Wait...

Chen Qiu's pupils contracted, and he realized that if he ventured half an incense stick's worth of time deeper into the Endless Ice Plain, he would reach the secret realm of inheritance. Could it be...

"Scholarly, let's go!"

Without further thought, Chen Qiu appeared at the familiar entrance to the secret realm of inheritance a few breaths later. He stepped inside and found himself in the familiar Celestial Path Secret Realm, with an Eight Trigrams Formation covering the ground.

Two of the nine squares in the formation had already dimmed.

One represented the Alchemy Cultivator, and the other, the Demon Cultivator.

This meant that the inheritances of both the Alchemy and Demon Cultivators had already been claimed by someone.

"I've hit the jackpot!" Chen Qiu stood in the center of the Eight Trigrams Formation, his mind in a daze as he looked down at the Evil Tribe storage ring in his hand. Had this Evil Tribe member come to claim the Demon Cultivator inheritance?

He had spent almost two days completing the Alchemy Cultivator inheritance, but this Evil Tribe member had done it in less than an hour? A Demon Cultivator genius?

It's true, being part of the Evil Tribe and a Demon Cultivator, there's bound to be some connection. His appearance is also quite peculiar, and it seems normal for him to have inherited the Demon Cultivator legacy. If everything had gone according to plan, the Nascent Soul Body that inherited the Demon Cultivator legacy should now be inside this Storage Ring.

As long as he opens this Storage Ring, takes out the Nascent Soul Body within, and adds it to the Nascent Soul Body he obtained from the Alchemy Cultivator legacy, he will possess two Nascent Soul Bodies.

He will only be one Nascent Soul Body away from the three required for the Tenth Rank Golden Core!

The conditions he once thought were harsh now seem almost complete.

"Perfect."

Chen Qiu carefully placed the Storage Ring in a corner of the warehouse in the Little World, a slight smile uncontrollably lifting the corners of his mouth. He must hurry back to Northern Continent to find the shopkeeper in Mountain Opening City.

That second-ranked Artificer in Fat Province couldn't even unlock the restrictions on a Golden Core Storage Ring.

He probably won't be able to unlock the restrictions on this Evil Tribe Storage Ring either.

As long as he helps the Scholarly Cultivator restore his cultivation and lets him obtain the Sword Cultivator legacy, these three Nascent Soul Bodies will be complete!

Chen Qiu, having left the secret realm of inheritance, looked at the Scholarly Cultivator and the other man, his smile uncontrollable, his eyebrows filled with joy.

"Back to Northern Continent."

"Now."

Besides going to Mountain Opening City to find the shopkeeper, he also needed to go to Transport City to find Liu Zide.

He needed someone to help him acquire a large amount of Malevolent Wood and Eight Directions Fruit in Fat Province, someone trustworthy and discreet, or else it would be too obvious and even a fool would know something was amiss. Liu Zide was the perfect person for this task.

He believed Liu Zide could handle it.

Although Liu Zide was determined to work for his master, this didn't prevent Chen Qiu from bringing Liu Zide's master to Fat Province as well. Liu Zide's master couldn't defeat him now.

As he had thought.

The Malevolent Wood and Eight Directions Fruit required for the Tenth Rank Golden Core couldn't be that simple.

At the top of a certain mountain peak, the Scholarly Cultivator sat cross-legged to the side, continuously swallowing Qi Supplement Pills to rapidly restore his cultivation and running his cultivation method to quickly remove impurities from his Dantian. Although the Scholarly Cultivator could now access more Life Energy due to his new Sword Bone, it was still much less than his peers.

He still needed a large number of Qi Supplement Pills to sustain himself.

It took them about a day to get here, but the return trip should only take half a day, which was equivalent to cutting the travel time in half.

Meanwhile, Fat Dragon sat on a rock, playing with the Malevolent Wood in his hand, puzzled, "This thing, no matter how I look at it, doesn't seem to have anything special. At least it should have some unique features, being a Heavenly Material that the Evil Tribe values so much?"

"This thing is so soft, I can even press a pit into it with my thumb."

"Definitely not suitable for forging Spirit Treasures."

"Nor for refining pills."

"If it can't be used for forging Spirit Treasures or refining pills, what can this Malevolent Wood be used for?"

"I don't know."

Chen Qiu shook his head. He couldn't see the use of this Malevolent Wood either, but one thing was certain: something worth fighting for by the Evil Tribe must be a good thing. Collecting enough of it now would definitely be beneficial in the future.

There's also the Eight Directions Fruit.

Moreover, it's not just the Eight Directions Fruit and Malevolent Wood; he had already secretly decided to have Liu Zide acquire some rare but not very valuable Heavenly Materials later.

Perhaps one of these seemingly worthless Heavenly Materials would turn out to be a treasure.

It's just that they didn't recognize its value, or it was simply of no use to them.

Then he looked down at the wooden box in his arms, a reward for being ranked first on the Heavenly Dao Evil Slayer Rankings, an Entry Scroll.

As his spirit sense probed it, information appeared in his mind.

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"Heavenly Path Wheel."

"After crushing it, you can choose two out of five Heavenly Treasures."

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This Entry Scroll, or the Heavenly Path Wheel, was his reward for being ranked first. He played with it in his hand for a while, then looked at the Scholarly Cultivator sitting cross-legged nearby, still cultivating. It seemed like it would take some more time.

He then took out the Shadow Stone from the first time he went to Mountain Opening City, bought from a young servant, from the depths of his Storage Ring and placed it in his palm, whispering,

"Borrow some luck."

Then, without further delay, he crushed the Entry Scroll, known as the Heavenly Path Wheel.

The next moment—

Five panels, shrouded in clouds, appeared above his Dantian.

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"Please make your choice within a hundred breaths."

1. Red Entry (One-Day Version): You will obtain a random Red Entry, but it will only last for twelve hours before disappearing.

2. Green Entry Scroll "Decree Regular": Whenever you receive a special blessing from the Celestial Mandate Scroll, you will receive double the blessing.

3. Eight Directions Fruit x1.

4. 2000 Low Rank Foundation Establishment Cultivation Pills.

5. An additional three-choice opportunity for an Entry.

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".”

Chen Qiu narrowed his eyes and looked at the five rewards. He needed to choose two out of these five rewards, and he had a hundred breaths to make his decision, so there was no rush.

First, he could rule out the Eight Directions Fruit and the 2000 Low Rank Foundation Establishment Cultivation Pills.

He didn't need the Eight Directions Fruit, nor the cultivation pills.

However, he could gain a little from it.

In the Heavenly Dao, the Eight Directions Fruit was considered a relatively rare Heavenly Material, at least on par with 2000 Inferior Foundation Establishment Cultivation Pills.

As for the one-day version of the red entry, he actually wanted it a little.

Up until now, he hadn't obtained a single red entry, and he was curious to see what effect it would have.

But...

The one-day version was definitely not as good as the permanent one, so in the end, he chose the "Decree Regular" green entry scroll and the opportunity to select an additional entry from three options.

He quite liked this "Decree Regular" entry scroll.

He just wished he had received it earlier; that way, when he obtained the Alchemy Cultivator's inheritance, he could have directly obtained two strands of Divine Providence. It was indeed a rare and valuable item.

In the scroll Old Man Cao gave him...

"Divine Providence."

It was an extremely rare existence, intangible and invisible, enveloping cultivators in the veil, and could be used for Core Formation, ensuring a high-grade Golden Core. It could also be used for cultivating techniques, upgrading one's perfected realm spells into a stronger Heavenly Path Spell.

It could even be used for armament forging.

There were many ways to use it.

But he believed the best use was naturally as a material for Tenth Stage Core Formation, as Old Man Cao had said—a Tenth Rank Golden Core was a realm that no one had ever reached, almost non-existent.

After all, that Seven-Colored Entry was too harsh.

To possess a Seven-Colored Entry during the Foundation Establishment stage was almost an absolute impossibility.

However, he didn't know when he would next ascend the Decree and receive a special blessing. After all, the difficulty was a bit too high, and this time, after repelling the Evil Tribes, the Celestial Mandate Scroll only gave him verbal praise without bestowing any rewards.

Even the secret realm inheritance only granted exclusive blessings to the first inheritor; those who came after received nothing.

Chen Qiu crushed the "Decree Regular" scroll and inscribed it into his foundation base before temporarily placing the other scroll into his Little World.

Crushing this scroll would give him the opportunity to select an additional entry from three options.

But he wasn't planning to use it now.

He decided to wait until evening, feeling that his luck wasn't great at the moment, and hoping to turn it around later.

At this moment, the Scholarly Flying cultivator had fully recovered his Life Energy, and Chen Qiu had to hurry to Mountain Opening City in the Northern Continent to find the shopkeeper quickly. That Nascent Soul body was quietly lying in the Evil Tribe's Storage Ring, waiting for him.

He needed to break the restrictions on the Storage Ring.

Only by placing it inside his Little World's warehouse could he feel at ease.

This was called securing the bag.

Thus, before dawn, Chen Qiu and the Scholarly Flying cultivator arrived at Mountain Opening City and successfully brought the shopkeeper to the vicinity of the dilapidated temple they had visited before.

"This..."

As the shopkeeper took the Evil Tribe's Storage Ring from Chen Qiu, a glimmer of shock flashed in his eyes, and he murmured, "This restriction is an entirely different technique; I've never come across anything like it. Give me some time to study and ponder it."

"Mhm."

Chen Qiu sat cross-legged to the side, nodding and speaking softly, "Take your time; I trust you."

Only then did he take out the Storage Bag filled with Celestial Path Cultivation Pills from his embrace, ready to continue cultivating by circulating his cultivation technique.

The Celestial Path Cultivation Pills had arrived at midnight the previous night.

But at that time, he was busy killing the Evil Tribes, so he hadn't paid attention to it. Now that everything was settled, and with the shopkeeper still working on breaking the Storage Ring's restrictions, he had nothing else to do and could use this time to cultivate.

At this moment, in the capital city, in front of a grand mansion compound, pedestrians passing by hurriedly with tightly closed mouths. This compound belonged to the Qu family.

A prominent family.

However, the atmosphere within the Qu family had been tense these past few days, with frequent outbursts of angry shouts. Those who lived nearby naturally knew what was happening and preferred to keep a low profile to avoid becoming a target for venting frustration.

The young master of the Qu family, Qu Qi, had attempted the Alchemy Cultivator's inheritance several times.

It was said that the Qu family had prepared a large amount of Heavenly Materials and consumed a significant number of Spirit Stones for this inheritance, but even so, Qu Qi had only managed to reach the fourth gate.

Qu Qi had almost considered the Alchemy Cultivator's inheritance as his own.

But who could have known that Chen Qiu would suddenly appear and claim the inheritance first, reportedly infuriating Qu Qi.

In the dim morning light, within the Qu family compound...

The Supreme Elder of the Qu family, with his Core Formation Peak Perfection cultivation, was lying inside the house, his spirit sense sweeping over Qu Qi, who was throwing a tantrum in the adjacent room. He couldn't help but chuckle, "With your abilities, you still want the Alchemy Cultivator's inheritance? Go take a hike."

"Wait until I attain Nascent Soul, and I'll strangle you first."

He didn't need to cultivate.

His cultivation was already at its peak; what more was there to cultivate? Whether he could attain Nascent Soul had nothing to do with him; he only needed to ensure he minimized his Life Energy consumption, avoided injuries, and lived long enough to witness someone attaining Nascent Soul.

Or, to put it another way, to live until someone broke the heavenly restrictions.

Then he could smoothly attain Nascent Soul and live another life.

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